Sometimes, a killer’s just gotta leave, you know? Maybe they have to go feed the hamster, or mow the lawn. It’s hard to know from the other side of a game lobby. Either way, no matter the game,you need a contingency plan if someone drops out.
Most games can just continue as normal. One team being a player down isn’t the end of the world, and they can be replaced with someone searching for a match. ButDeath Note: Killer Withinis not like those games.It’s a social deduction gamewhere everyone has their own role to play.
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Traditionally, the loss of a player meant the complete end of a match, much to the annoyance of literally everyone else. A new update aims to tackle that issue, and to its credit, it mostly succeeds.Now,only the loss of L, Kira, a Kira Follower, or the game host, will cause a mass-disconnect.
But in a game like Death Note: Killer within, a change like that can’t realistically come without consequence. To that end, theupdate post on Steamdetails how the game will act following a non-critical player loss.
As far as the Action Phase is concerned, the changes are explained as follows:
If a living player other than the host, “Kira,” “Kira Follower,” or “L” disconnects, their avatar will not remain in the stage. Disconnection during death will be treated the same as when a spectator leaves the room, and the player’s corpse and dying message will remain in the stage.
And, for the Meeting Phase:
Players who disconnect without voting will be forced to skip voting.
L cannot choose to confiscate items from players who disconnect after the vote.
Will there still be lingering frustrations from more critical players dropping out? Of course. Could the developers at Grounding Inc do more to address this? Perhaps. They wouldn’t be the first game to need a ‘host migration’ system. But the solutions get a little more complicated when it comes to in-game roles.
We already know that the game’s changes goes a bit beyond this. As spotted byGameranx, the developers intend to act against players who abuse the disconnection issue to annoy others.
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Either way, given the nature of an issue like this, it’ll be a welcome change even if it’s not a total fix. And based on developer statements, it’s far from the only addition in the game’s future.People love Killer Within, and if these changes do well, they’ll only love it more in the months to come.
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The developers at Grounding Inc have plans in store for continued updates into 2025. Releasing a teaser in a post on X, they give players a hint at what’s to come.
More customization options, premium avatars, a new role… none of which have been formally revealed, but since the game is just over a month old, it makes sense that some of it may need to spend more time in the oven.
Speculation on Siliconera hints that the role may be someone who can succeed L, but obviously, details on how that will impact gameplay are an unknown. But hey, what’s a deduction game without a little mystery?
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